Table of Contents

1. The life of Shakespeare S. Schoenbaum; 2. Shakespeare and the thought of his age W. R. Elton; 3. Shakespeare the non-dramatic poet Robert Ellrodt; 4. Shakespeare and the arts of language Inga-Stina Ewbank; 5. Playhouses and players in the time of Shakespeare Peter Thomson; 6. Shakespeare And the theatrical conventions of his time Alan C. Dessen; 7. Shakespeare and the traditions of comedy David Daniell; 8. Shakespeare and the traditions of tragedy G. K. Hunter; 9. Shakespeare's use of history R. L. Smallwood; 10. The transmission of Shakespeare's text MacD. P. Jackson; 11. Shakespeare on the stage from 1660 to 1900 Russell Jackson; 12. Critical approaches to Shakespeare from 1660 to 1904 Harry Levin; 13. Twentieth-century Shakespeare criticism: a. the comedies Lawrence Danson; b. the tragedies Kenneth Muir; c. the histories Edward Berry; 14. Shakespeare on the twentieth-century stage Roger Warren; 15. Shakespeare on film and television Robert Hapgood; 16. Shakespeare and new critical approaches Terence Hawkes; 17. Shakespeare reference books Dieter Mehl; Index.

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'An excellent, informative compendium.' The Times Literary Supplement